My parents got us a new featherbed topper for our mattress (great...something else to make me not want to get out of bed!)

as well as a new king size down comforter.

A "quick" trip to Ikea when we were home for the holidays ended with

a new bolster pillow (50% off thankyouverymuch) and 2 new curtains.

So we're getting there. The painting and all that jazz will probably happen around Spring break.

Yep, last year of nursing school. Last year of planning projects around class and clinicals!

Woot! Woot!

So remember that exception I was talking about at the beginning of the post?! (Me neither...the "I normally focus on one room at a time kind of deal") Here's a confession to my

Makeover ADD

I've just (almost) finished a MAJOR project in our dark dungeon-y foyer. (Check out the ugly here!) Just trim and a new light switch plate to go. (Which of course is not an easy plate to find!) So the final reveal and behind the scene breakdown will have to wait.